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Holiday Images
Florida 2023
Images from our twenty-eighth visit to Florida (and our fifty-first trip to the United States): April 12th to May 18th.
As in 2019, we fly with British Airways from Gatwick to Tampa (spending a night at both airports) before driving to
8828 Stone Harbour Loop, Heritage Harbour, Bradenton.
8828 Stone Harbour Loop
Sunsets viewed from 8828 Stone Harbour Loop.
A road trip to Bok Tower Gardens involves a coffee break at Dunkin' Donuts in Avon Park and lunch at the garden's Blue Palmetto Cafe.

Bok Tower Gardens is a 250-acre contemplative garden and bird sanctuary located atop Iron Mountain, north of Lake Wales, created by Edward Bok in the 1920s. Formerly known as the Bok Mountain Lake Sanctuary and Singing Tower, the gardens' attractions include the Singing Tower and its 60-bell carillon, the Bok Exedra, the Pinewood Estate now known as El Retiro, the Pine Ridge Trail, and the Visitor Center.

Bok Tower Gardens is a National Historic Landmark. The 205-foot Singing Tower was built upon one of the highest points ofpeninsular Florida, estimated to be 295 feet  above sea level.

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